Improving Adult Immunization Rates in Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Settings

Vision

Moving Needles, a 5-year cooperative agreement between AMDA and the CDC, will make routine adult immunization a standard of care for post-acute and long-term care residents and an expectation for staff. Working with pilot sites from nursing homes, assisted living, and home and community based services, we will test strategies using a quality improvement intervention to improve immunization rates.

As of June 2022:

of PALTC residents received their primary COVID-19 vaccination series

of PALTC residents received a COVID-19 booster dose

As of June 2022:

of PALTC staff received their primary COVID-19 vaccination series

of PALTC staff received a COVID-19 booster dose

Standards for Adult Immunization Process

The Standards were created by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee, a part of HHS, to call on all healthcare professionals – whether they provide vaccinations or not – to take steps to ensure that their adult patients are fully immunized.